Friday marked the seventh annual Google for Startups Black Founders Exchange event at American Underground in Durham. Nationwide, Black entrepreneurs typically receive disproportionately less funding for startups. With a microphone, PowerPoint presentations, and big ideas, Black entrepreneurs presented their startup companies to a room of investors. With businesses focused...
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A Black former contract worker at Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory turned down a judge’s offer for a reduced payout of $15 million in damages, thus setting the stage for a possible re-trial of his case. Tesla had requested a new trial after the man was originally awarded nearly $137 million in a racial harassment suit.
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A new analysis of ratings data conducted by Glassdoor finds that LGBTQ+ workers are less satisfied with employee experience than their counterparts.
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In learning and in leadership, just like in video games, there are cheat codes to getting what you want faster and more efficiently. I recently gave a talk to a group of working MBA students at NC State’s Poole College of Management, where I shared a handful of the biggest cheat codes I have learned in my 20-plus years of leading, growing and selling firms. Read on …
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Over 900 attendees filled the Raleigh Convention Center today, packing the rooms of the Raleigh Chamber’s Women’s Leadership Conference 2022. Topics included how to challenge traditional workplace norms, ensure gender parity, and create an equitable environment for all. But there were few men on hand to participate. Good? Bad? let’s discuss,
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In an exclusive interview with WRAL TechWire, Adrienne Cole explains why she is so optimistic about the state of women leaders in the Triangle ahead of the Chamber’s upcoming Women’s Leadership Conference.
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The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is hosting a women’s leadership conference on Tuesday, featuring keynote speaker Rebecca Ryan. And she’s coming to the capital city ready to talk the future and women’s roles in it.
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The career-networking service LinkedIn has agreed to pay $1.8 million in back wages to hundreds of female workers to settle a pay discrimination complaint brought by U.S. labor investigators.
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In my 20+ years as a leader, I’ve made about 20,000 mistakes, most of them based on poor communication. Early in my career, I didn’t understand the impact that my word choice could have on business outcomes. But if there is one job that can teach you quickly to care about language, it’s sales. On my journey to the CEO’s chair, I’ve learned this: the words you use reflect who you are, how you see the world, and who you want to be.
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